Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-02-02
THE STORM KING:
February Comes IN with an AL
most Unparalleled Storm
Q! Wind and Snow.
Probable Effects of the Contin-
ued Cold and Snow Upon
the Stock Industry.
IMPORTED FROM DAKOTA.
Yesterdays Storm the Worst Known foI
Years.

Yesterdays Storm the Worst Known for
Years.
Since the weather and range out
look was last considered in these col
unns the situation has undergone q
most depressing change. and the com
fort that those interested were able to
enjoy has given place to . feeling Of
the utmoet anxiety and dread Of the
future. After . lengthy period Of
moderately high temperature AID ex.
crllent winter weather. the depth Of
snow excepted, Q northeastern set In
on the night of the 18th ult., which
continued during the next two days,
depositing some six inches Of fresh
snow on the already covered ranges,
accompanied Wy q falling thermome-
ter, ranging as low as 2s' below on the
night Of the 30th ult. This was fol-
lowed on the 3lst by q bright clear
day, during the forenoon Of which the
mercury began to creep up and hopes
OF more moderate weather and q pC ssh
BILE chinook were felt. but these hopes
were not to be realized at least for the
present. Monday afternoon grew
colder, and ut sundown the thermome-
ter read 240 below. at 8 o'clock il was 4U0
below aud before morning II reached
500. Yesterday morning 1t had mol
Grated sufficiently to let q northwest
storm get started which ragged all day.
developing all the disagreeable chsrsc-
teristics of the Dakota blizzard, with the
thermometer showing about 20' be-
low. The effects OF this storm fol.
lowing the other SO closely and with
such severely cold weather interveu-
ing, cannot be otherwise than ex-
tremely disastrous to the live stock in
terests Of this locality. II is useless to
speculate ON the percentage Of loss
that must occur, but 1t Is certain thai
the mortality In sheep, where no pro-
vision has been made TO feed them,
will be very large and that all but the
Iobust aud well conditioned cattle
must succumb. With horses the situ-
alton is much Better and the utmost
confidence is expressed by the owners
OF horse herds that they will come
through without more than ordinary
loss.
Heretofore the winter Of 'S0rsl has
been referred to by old.timers as the
acme ofseverity and IN the matter Of a.
early beginning aid extreme depth OF
snow II still has points iu its favor, but
It broke early In February, clearing
the bills Of snow and allowing live
stock a breathing spell, and although
succeeded bv some cold weather dur.
ing February. gave way In March to q
spriug which was unbroken by any
adverse weather. II Is customary In
this latitude and longitude at this
season Of the year to hope and believe
that we are about through with win
ter, but when stnrm like yesterday q
overwhelms Us. aud d velops a sever.
ity not PARALLEL In the memory OF the
oldest inbabitant one scarce knows
what to tbiuk, and were II not that
the cheering hope remains that this
may be the dying struggle of grim old
Boreas the future would be dark indeed.
Certain II is that Tor some years to
come the winter OF 's6-'s7 will be held
up for reference. and that the first day
of February, A. d., 1887 will be long re-
membered, but not regretfully.